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Davis Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
621 W. Poplar St.
Compton, CA 90220
Phone
(310) 898-6020
District
COMPTON UNIFIED
County
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
428
Classroom Teachers
18

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

4

(10 is best)

Better than 36.3% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Davis Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
39%
28%
45%
12%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
40%
43%
49%
16%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
34%
38%
39%
46%
28%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
24
24
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 110 25.7%
Grade 7 144 33.6%
Grade 8 174 40.7%
Total 428 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.0% 0.3% 22.7%
Black 9.4% 15.1% 5.4%
Hispanic 89.9% 83.9% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.1% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.6% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 91.1% 87.8% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 87.4% 82.2% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.7% 5.6% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 157,446 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 8,882.6 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.3% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.2% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.1% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.5% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 9.9% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 40,128 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 14.4% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 64.3% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 11.7% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.5% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.2% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.3% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.2% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.6% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 11.9% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,224 $187,357,888 52.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $820 $16,655,840 4.7%
Staff $834 $16,940,208 4.7%
General Administration $329 $6,682,648 1.9%
School Administration $888 $18,037,056 5.0%
Operation $1,490 $30,264,880 8.5%
Transportation $265 $5,382,680 1.5%
Other $808 $16,412,096 4.6%
Total Support $5,433 $110,355,096 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,972 $60,367,264 16.9%
Total Expenditures $17,629 $358,080,248 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%